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Webster 1913 Edition
Pig
Pig
,Noun.
A piggin.
[Written also
pigg
.] Pig
,Noun.
[Cf. D.
big
, bigge
, LG. bigge
, also Dan. pige
girl, Sw. piga
, Icel. pīka
.] 1.
The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog.
“Two pigges in a poke.” Chaucer.
2.
(Zool.)
Any wild species of the genus
Sus
and related genera. 3.
[Cf.
Sow
a channel for melted iron.] An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See
Mine pig
, under Mine
. 4.
One who is hoggish; a greedy person.
[Low]
Masked pig
. (Zool.)
See under
– Masked
. Pig bed
(Founding)
, the bed of sand in which the iron from a smelting furnace is cast into pigs.
– Pig iron
, cast iron in pigs, or oblong blocks or bars, as it comes from the smelting furnace. See
– Pig
, 4. Pig yoke
(Naut.)
, a nickname for a quadrant or sextant.
– A pig in a poke
(that is, bag), a blind bargain; something bought or bargained for, without the quality or the value being known.
[Colloq.]
Pig
,Verb.
T.
& I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pigged
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pigging
.] 1.
To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow.
2.
To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pig
PIG
, n.1.
The young of swine, male or female.2.
An oblong mass of unforged iron, lead or other metal. A pig of lead is the eighth of a fother, or 250 pounds.PIG
,Verb.
T.